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[[File:Kaladin_young.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Kaladin as a child by [[User: Botanicaxu]]]]
==== Surgery on Sani ====
In 1164, at the age of ten, Kaladin helps his father perform a surgery on a fifteen-year-old girl named [[Sani]], who
When they are finished, Lirin addresses Kaladin's performance of the surgery. Lirin tells Kaladin that he needs to address his nerves and to not let caring for his patients interfere with his work. Upon being questioned about his tardiness, Kaladin tells Lirin that he and Tien were watching [[Jam]], an older boy, demonstrate the quarterstaff fighting that his father taught him. This leads into an argument over the relative value of soldiers and surgeons to society; these two conflicts—caring too much and Kaladin's role in society—continue to plague Kaladin throughout his life. Eventually his father tells Kaladin there are two kinds of people in the world: those who save lives and those who take lives. Lirin eventually ends the conversation by praising Kaladin's medical talent and tells Kaladin that he would like to send him to [[Kharbranth]] when he turns sixteen so that he can train with true surgeons.{{ref|b|sa1|c|10}}
==== Wistiow's Death ====
[[File:Kaladin_and_Tien.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Kaladin and Tien by [[User: Botanicaxu]]]]
In mid-1166, Kaladin starts a sober conversation with Laral when he tells her that Lirin wants to send him to Kharbranth to train as a surgeon. Laral, angry at Kaladin for not telling her of his father's intentions, chastises him. She tries to convince him to join the army by recounting Alethkar's military heritage and repeating the legend that a darkeyes who wins a [[Shardblade]] on the battlefield will become a lighteyes, thus worthy of marrying into a lighteyed family. Though the two are mutually attracted to each other, Kaladin misses Laral's implication that the two could then marry if Kaladin raises his rank.
Throughout their conversation, they are joined by Tien. Tien, in an attempt to cheer up Kaladin, shows Kaladin a rock he finds that has a distinctive pattern on it, visible only when wet. This, surprisingly, has an uplifting effect on Kaladin. Kaladin suggests to Tien that he goes to play with some lurgs, a type of insect, which he does.
As Tien leaves, Kaladin and Laral resume their conversation and see a group of older boys, sons of farmers, walking past. Led by Laral, the two go to investigate. In the ensuring conversation, the boys ask Kaladin whether he knows anything about darkeyes become lighteyes. One of the boys, [[Jost]], claims his father had won a Shardblade in the wastescum skirmishes in the north but that it was stolen by another soldier while his father was unconscious on the battlefield. At Laral's prompting, Kaladin points out that there weren't any Shardbearers in those battles. Jost grows angry at Kaladin and challenges Kaladin to a fight with quarterstaffs. Not wanting to back down in front of Laral, Kaladin accepts. Initially overwhelmed by Jost, Kaladin beats the older boy down while marveling at the feeling of the staff in his hands. His natural talent for wielding spears unleashed for the first time, Kaladin restrains himself from attacking further due to the fact that it was the first time he had ever hurt someone. Jost, not having the same inhibition, beats Kaladin to the ground. Kaladin, who is enthralled with the feeling of the staff in his hands, begs Jost to teach him how to fight. Jost declines, accepting his position in life, saying "You go be what you are, Kal. I'll be what I am." Meanwhile, Laral leaves for her home without saying anything or helping Kaladin.
Eventually, Kaladin returns home with Tien while contemplating what he wants to be. When they get home, Lirin tells Kaladin that Citylord Wistiow has died, and unveils a goblet full of [[spheres]]: a bequest from Wistiow on his deathbed to Kaladin so that he can study in Kharbranth when he is sixteen.{{ref|b|sa1|c|16}}
==== Roshone's Arrival ====
Two months
Towards the end of 1166, Kaladin
==== Conflict with Roshone ====
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